BoxShot for Windows Phone: Dropbox Love, Metro Style

The clock is still ticking on services like Dropbox to offer an official app for Windows Phone. In my humble opinion, Dropbox is one of those "top 25" apps that Microsoft needs to persuade developers (read: give them a...

The clock is still ticking on services like Dropbox to offer an official app for Windows Phone. In my humble opinion, Dropbox is one of those "top 25" apps that Microsoft needs to persuade developers (read: give them a serious kickback) to develop for Windows Phone so it can be more of a player in the smartphone market. Hate it or love it, "Apps are in" and consumers don't want to wait around while devs decide whether or not to create for their platform of choice, while other platform users (read: iOS) get all of the spoils on day one.

But that's another post for another day. In the meantime, BoxShot is a really nice alternative app to getting Dropbox on your Windows Phone. BoxShot takes advantage of the Metro UI look as well as its functionality: You can save folders the BoxShot favorite's screen or pin it to your phone's home screen, as well as create a live tile with Dropbox account usage/storage stats to add to your phone's home screen.

All of the "usual suspects" Dropbox features are alive and well in BoxShot and are easily acessible:

Folders & Files can be moved, copied, deleted & renamed
View or Edit Text files on the fly
Share files via URL by email
Download pictures from Dropbox directly to your device
Upload photos from the Pictures Hub or directly from the camera

If the main developers don't want to play ball, maybe Microsoft can support developers of apps like BoxShot that want to create useful (and pretty fly) apps for Windows Phone. Check out BoxShot in the Windows Phone Marketplace for $0.99 and let us know what you think in the comments section.